Free community Mental Health service in Victoria

Hi everyone,

I just thought I would share some fantastic support services that are available in Victoria. If you are currently supporting someone with a mental health condition (family, friends, kin, all welcome), you can get free support from peer workers or free counselling, if required. The centres are called 'Mental Health and Wellbeing Connects'. There is no admission or referrals necessary, you can just call and speak to any of the staff there. All staff have lived experience of caring for someone with a mental illness.

There are some welcoming centres in quite a few places around Melbourne:

- Ivanhoe

- Ashburton

- Eltham

- Lilydale

- South Melbourne

- Sunshine

There are other drop-in centres in regional Victoria too (see below). You don't have to go the centres though, you can just choose to have phone consultations or via video-conferencing.

https://accesshc.org.au/northeast-wellbeing-connect

https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/mental-health-and-wellbeing-connect